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"Even more online services could be added to the federal government’s social
media ban for under 16s, including gaming platform Roblox and OpenAI’s Sora, as
the eSafety commissioner defends making late updates to the “dynamic list” just
a month before it comes into effect.
Communications minister Anika Wells announced on Wednesday that message board
Reddit and video streaming platform Kick will join the likes of Facebook,
Snapchat, Instagram, X, YouTube and TikTok in being required by the Australian
government to ban users under the age of 16 from 10 December.
The minister downplayed the issue of children openly scheming on social media
about how to skirt the ban, saying “kids will be kids”, but hinted that many
such efforts would likely be blocked by the technology changes required under
the legislation.
The shadow communications minister Melissa McIntosh has however raised concerns
about “policy on the run” and the risk of late additions to the legislation
confusing parents and kids."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
